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(] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1899. [ e e e S R S S o R R R A R . This officer, who we on B THATATIATIOATS AT AR K *Q*Q*Q*Q*Q*Q*@*@? * VICTORIA MOURNS 5 THE ENGIEISESIHRAT r that when ing to a close p hauser contingent up h- clea ne 1 attac squadrons, except one, the whereat ] there is cau punishment has b . retreating Boers. S LOST TWELVE GUNS IN THE GLENCOE FIGHT Oct. 22.—The Daily Tele- correspondent telegraphs as BOER Fri ay night—Twclve were taken at ¥ were a failu "he Eight iffet-keeper BARKLEY WEST HAS BEEN SURRENDERED 23.—It is rumore that Barkley We . has been sur- s without firing a it is reported, will be rerley 1 French’s victory just been pub- great enthusla: juickly on th ns and the peo- in order to get th officer, who s in th ste, was take ved from the front re- Jlands Laagte ire now bel care and al to the Boer tched down Ish at Mafe- d on th: race patrols who were guard- works. The burghers re- patrols evacuated. plie KIMBERLEY YET HOLDS OUT AGAINST INVADERS KIMBERLEY, Oct. 20 (by dispatch | rider fr Orange River).—This is the | sixth da; 4 imber investment by An_armored train went out s ] found the Boers still in direction of S ntein, Their posi- n is be ¥ > Strong. wo_dispatch riders to Mafeking—Mr. Stapleton_and Mr. Harding—were cap- tured by Boers on October 15. | A ant Commissioner Scott shot him- luc, heartbroken his 4nability | d Vv urg, wh nhabitants are I and treacherous. 2 e 8pies have arrived. Two Engiish- men who had been Imprisoned by the Boers escaped last evening and have just arrived here. The local tradesmen are proving thefr LB e R A L R Pears’ A touch is enough That Mo B TATAT A Ak k& kA kR h for cleanliness. is why it lasts so. mess GENERAL JAN H. M. KOCK. second in command of Saturday at Elands Laagte. e aa e ol b e hn as aaas as s e o2 ) | BECHUANALAND NOT W la E however, any apprehensfon of even the expected initial success of the Boers. two B 12 tion TRANSYVAAL they held resolutely until a flank attack was made by our troops, who advanced with great dash, and in spite of heavy | losses carried the main position with a | rush, just as the light was falling. “The ground traversed by our troops, was rough and stony, and the capture of | i:he position was a fine feat of arms. The | cavalry lapped well around and inflicted severe losses on the enemy. “It was highly important to strike a severe blow, as the Orange Free State forces are known to be concentrated northwest of Ladysmith in considerable strength. The flank attack was gallantly delivered by the Manchester Regiment, the Gordon Highlanders and the Impe- | rial Light Horse. The front attack was done with splendid spirit by the Devon- shire Regiment. “The wounded are being attended in the | principal church at Ladysmith, which has been converted into a hospital.” e g ROUT OF THE BURGHERS BECAME A SLAUGHTER | LADYSMITH, Oct. 22.—Reallzing that the first attack on Glencoe “was part of a general combined attack by three col- umns, and that the situation was still se- rious so long as the Boers held the rail- road at Flands Laagte, severifig commun- ication between Ladysmith and Dundee, Sir George Stewart White on Friday re- solved to give battle with a view of re- capturing Elands Laagte. | On the morning of that date all the mounted troops here, supported by two battalions of infantry and two batterles of artillery, reconnoitered some twelve miles along the Newcastle road, an open, roliing country, very suitable for cavalry operations, although the going was heavy | after the recent rains. | On approaching within three miles or o of the break In the raflway line our men saw the Boer outposts falling back, | in no great force. We cap- Z ROOPS ARE | I S S S o o o S G o o the Boer forces, died of 0 * ) from the Queen dated to-day at (| turea four, who had mistaken our men s again to-day. It is a great x | for Boers until we were too near for them | you convey my warmest A [tog Then our men returned and, | the fallen and wounded day night, General White deter- | they have lost? * to advance in force on Elands | A L at an early hour the following | KRR YR R@ | morning. It was imperative that we dis- | by 20 agreament 't keep dows | 1008e ithe: Boers (from Tlands: Laagte,; any ke A% keep down | o haq learned that the Orange Free | s State burghers were descending from thelr positions on the slopes of the Dra- | | kenburg, from Tintwa and other western | | passes, to co-operate with those already INVADED BY BOERS | jocica’at miands Laaste. e At an early hour our forces moved out —The 1y 40404040404 04040 40404040 40404040404 0404040404040404040404 0404040404040+ 0+04040404040+@ by road and rail. It was computed that there were about 1200 Boers, with big guns and Maxims covering their front and oc- cupying a well chosen position at the se of a hill, some little distance south »f Elands Laagte. On both flanks were strong kopjes, on which were three big | guns strongly posted and commanding a wide sweep on all sides, leaving an open- latest di do not indiciate vet into Bechu- Along the Orange River every. seems to be quiet. From Colesburg, Colony, it is reported that all the le burghers of the Orange Free beer t north and west. a messenger from hand, reports that a large body | ing for retreat. ird the Orange | A British armored train, supported by The Biar, bk two trainloads of infantry, immediately upon approaching the enemy’'s position, was shelled by the Boers. Our artillery was at once brought up and drove the Boers from their guns, making a series | of brilliant dashes into the valley and up | excitement at Masura and | the successive heights to get nearer the | stations, arising from na- | Boers’ main position. Thrice were the e LudR s S B atteries on the way sflenced by our S I oo TS 13 Mysome | artillery, although the Boers fought with | 10 that their movements depend largely | Breat pluck and determination, returning ) lligence communicated through | each time our guns moved and raining Disquieting news comes from | shrapnel and Maxim bullets against our a bridge com- sopulated part. | Cape Town say that a | of a rising in Basuto- | the Boers ading Cape | iat on the other hand thers | from ome fear hohle nd prevents 1 d t h TONBOS KILL OUR MEXICA Bloody Encounter in a Border Town. e HAUNTED BY GHOSTS OF MEN HE HANGED Amos Lunt Formerly Executioner at San Quentin Prison, Becomes a Maniac. SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Oct. 22.—Amos Lunt, the hangman, has become @ | i | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. EL PASO, Tex., Oct. of a desperate and bloody encouuter be- | tween a number of Mexicans and cowboys at Naco, Ariz., a small border town, thi insane. The steady hand that adjusted the noose around the neck of Willlam 4 | s¢ternoon, four Mexicans are dead and Henry Theodore Durrant and gave the signal that sent the soul of the O | one seriously wounded. An Amecrican “Criminal of the Century” into eternity now trembles like an aspen leaf. | named Ryan was killed almost {nstantl, The eye once so keen and plercing wears the hunted, appealing look of a man who realizes that he is being hounded to his doorh. His diseased imagination has conjured up the specters of those whom he has exe- cuted, the gibbering, mocking ghosts of twenty-one blood-stained wretches, who flit about him and try to toss over his head the nooses that ended his body being riddled with bullets, and miner from Bisbee, whose name could nc e learned, was shot through the leg an is mortally wounded. An American by- stander was also wounded. There had been a great jollification at I team and the nine representing Bis- A crowd of Mexicans and cowb ‘e celebrating the event at a small ca on the Mexican side, when an altel loc: t their existence in the flesh. The ter- cation arose and a fight sfarted. The M rible mental suffering of the famous [an. gt ds“hlzng(erxgllf e lz‘llg S o Gnaiiay Bl b {to the States. When tue Americans witness, and his fellow-guards shake reached the line the Mexicans opened fire. their heads sadly as he clubs his rifle | The Americans, who were heavily armed, and strikes at an Imaginary foe, say- | returned the fire, and over fifty shots were ¥, “Poor old Amos. Too bad. | exchanged. ' A train bearing over ex- v - | cursionists, including many women an Five days ago Lunt first children, who were in immediate danger, began to manifest signs of Insanity, and his condition has steadily grown worse until now the man is a com- plete mental wreck. To-day it was found necessary to relieve him of the post to which he has been assigned and place Frank Arbogast in his place. “They are after me, Frank,” whis- pered the demented hangman. “There are several under the bed now. A convict is assisting them, and’ its only a matter of time until they get me.” was leaving the station, when several of | the cars were struck and the glass in sev- eral windows shattered. The cowboy the Arizona side of the line immediatel went to the aid of their friends, who w ine. While the fighting was at its height Dan Burges, an innocent party, attempted to shot in the leg. Several of his friends rushed to his aid, but they were driven | back under a heavy fire, which whistled over the cars, in which were the scream- ing women and children. An American named Montgomery, who was_with Ryan when he fell, is still missing. Joe Rhodes an American cowboy, was arrested by tr Mexicans and placed in jail. His friends, arning of the arrest, made an effort to ase him, but the Mexican guards re- ed their attacks. Amos Lunt. During these five days Lunt has refused to light a fire or a lamp In his room, assigning as his reason that it was against the rules. For several days he has refused to eat anything at breakfast time, and very little sub- stance has passed his lips during the day. It is now known that for twelve nights he has not'closed his eyes in sleep for fear the specters would FeAE ihalr vengeance’ whils heiwas off Hialguard. Tolday his wife Was Sl Necs tooiont araiement prevalls at sent for at San Rafael, and upon her arrival she held a conference with leave for the scene of the bioody en- Warden Aguirre and Captain Russell, at the conclusion of which it was ¢ |counter. The outlogk is exceedingly seri- decided to send poor Lunt to San Francisco to-morrow to see if Dr. Bar- 9 and further bloodshed is expected. Fifteen Mexican officers and ten cowboy bette could not hold out hopes for the restoration of his mind. In case the were engaged In the fight. To-da physiclan gives & negative verdict Lunt will be taken before the Lunacy trouble was the outcome of the Teeont Commission and sent to an asylum for the insane. daring raid made by Arizona cowboys on the Naco Mexican jail to release thelr companions. The first time the noted hangman was ever known to lose his nerve was ten of at the execution of Harvey Allender. This was Lunt's thirteenth execu- tion and he explalned his nervousness at the time by declaring that he was afraid of the proverbially unlucky number. At the execution of John Milier, the hunchback murderer of A. L. Knott, the barber, Lunt was also visibly perturbed over the hemorrhage resulting from the rope cutting Miller's jugular vein, seemingly thinking that the accident would be laid to his lack of foresight. He vehemently asserted that he had told Warden Hale flve feet was too great a drop for a man in such poor physical condition. Miles Westward Bound. son A. Miles arrived in Chicago to-night y to the Pacific Coast on a tour ion of forts and fortifications in of insp the W, 22.—As the result {)ult g up a desperate resistance on the | | CHICAGO, Oct. 22—Major General Nel- | | ADVERTISEMENTS. | | “THEHUB” CHAS. KEILUS & CO. thoroughly good clothes constructed by skilled specialists, productions from most every promi- nent wholesale tailory. ever look through our stock? Naco over the baseball game between the | Exclusive High-grade Clothiers on | cross from a store to the train, and was | our ‘prices are really no higher than elsewhere, but our styles, fabrics and fit exceedingly bet- ter. we only sell men's clothing, that's all, did you know that? 182 Kearny St., ©= Southeast corner Sutter. On January 25 of the present year Lunt won $1000 in a lottery, and abgenting himself from his post of duty for more than the allotted time in celebration of his luck, was discharged by Mr. Hale. He remained without employment until two weeks ago, when Warden Agulrre again gave him a position as guard. In the executions at which Lunt officlated as hangman two men, Han- sen and St. Clair, were hanged for crimes against the Federal Government, and he merely supervised proceedings, not placing the repe around their necks. Not including these, Allender would be number thirteen on the list, which is as follows: Jose Gabriel, executed March 3, 1863; Lee Sing, Febru- ary 2, 18%94; P. J. Sullivan, April 20, 18%4; Emile Garcla, June 7, 1885; Anthony Azoff, June 7, 1895; P. J. Collins, June 7, 18%; W. M. Fredericks, June 2§, Fremont Smith, August 9, 1855; Hans Hansen, October 18, 1 Thomas | ADVERTISEMENTS. St. Clair, October 18, 18%; William Young, October 25, 1885; W. J. Miller, December 11, 1896; Chum Sing, February 17, 1897; F. C. Kloss, April 23, 3 Harvey Allender, December 10, 1897; W. H. T. Durrant, January 7, 1898; Wee Tung, March 11, 1838; Benjamin L. Hill, April 6, 18 J. J. Ebanks, May 1898; John Miller, April 14, 1898, and George W. Clark, April 21, 1898, 0404040404 04040404040404040404040404040404040404+0404040404040404040404040404040404 ¥ ©404+0404040404 04040404040 +040404040404040404040404@ while the Gordon Highlanders were bring- | wise there would be at least some fur- ing in the wounded last night a sharp | ther intelligence as to the condition of fire was opened upon them by some Boer | General Symons, who, according to an }»art!es in hiding. Our losses, consider- unrlm{lrmfid report, died yesterday of his wounds., | ng the desperate nature of the engage- | ‘The Britlsh transports Pavonia and | ment, are regarded as light. e e Malta sailed this afternoon from South- ampton with troops of Sir Redvers Bul- KAFFIR SHOT ON THE | ler's army corps. There was a renewsl of the scenes of enthusiasm that marked PORTUGUESE B(]RDERi and other points in Cape Col- | oaverie ere the natives are much ex-|" 4"y giclock a tremendous artillery duel | e s in progress. Two Boer guns, splen- | laced, were stubbornly fought for and a_quarter, while mounted eavored to come into contact with our men on the left and on the right. Then at (:15 the Devonshire regiment, half the Gordon Highlanders, haif t Manchester regiment and the Imperial Light Horse advanced on the position | and stormed the enemy’s front. A bay-| onet charge was sounded as the roar of | artillery on both sides suddenly ceased, | and our men, the Devonshire leading, | made a superb dash against the main | body of the Boers, undaunted by facing | a fearful fire. Twice were they checked | by the terrible fusillade. Once the ad-| vance quivered for a moment, but then, | Wwith ringing, roaring cheers, the whole | of our force hurled itself forward like | NGLISHMEN ASSUME SANGUINE ATTITUDE LONDON,. Oct. 22.—There is no longer, Boers The already gained b the ritish must have completely disillusion- them of the idea they had gained igh the Majuba a and, looking the statements already circulated that 1t Kruger himself was opposed to the ultimatum, there is specula- ome quarters that the Boers may victories now for peace. At least it Is con- | an avalanche and swept over the kopjes, | sidered that all fears of a Dutch rising | bayoncting the brkoen enemy in all “di~ in the British colonies may be set aslde. | rections. n has been excited by the | The Boers were overwhelmed and as- thy of our mettle. Their | ed, Two or three hundred broke and ran, | qualities ought to do much to|pursued by the Fifth Lancers, who ate the ultimate pacification of | charged through and through them. | ith Africa. It Is now the real end of | It was quite dark by this time, but the | the war. We have settled once for all | glaughter must have been great. The | the question of supremacy and to banish | Gordon Highlanders say the storming of | forever the phantom of ‘an Afrikander | Dargai Ridge was mere child’s play com 5 pared with this attack. The Boer e Daily News, on the contr: P st have been very heavy. The b s not at all likely that the two victor- | timates place it certainly over fes portend a speedy end of the war. The | killed. One of the captured Boers told me Boers will fight on, and our army of oc- | tnat if he had known English soldiers cupation mus st ha Slands th pl it to a be the defensive extended pe B oA THAT AT AT AT AT A, ke ustained shows clearly possible raid from the Drakenburg by through n by the Boe | tounded. s. They ‘“They are honorable | then raised the white paused, then retreated, flag and surrender- be hurried forward. The | of officers and men we have | that we have iff work before us. The army corps will ave ample work to do. “The second British victory, that at Laagte, in which the British though heavy, were not out of pro- could shoot as our men did he would never have come. Another Boer said he | knew he was fighting for a lost cause. Yet a third expressed surprise that he had to shoot at men wearing khaki. He was terribly dejected. He had been told to shoot at men with red coats and white collars, and he saw none. His impression palling Ic on to its importance, may be re-|geemed to be that the men who fought irded as having completely demorallzed | against him were not Englishmen. 12 well lafd but ineffectively ex&cuted | ““A heavy rain, heavier than any I have | s ans of the Boers. a. In the opinion of mil- | e | ever seen.,fell fmmediately atter the bat- Sl d )| he war fle. making a piteous scene of the battle- L speedy_conclusion. | where many wounded were lying. “General White, 1t i hoped, may have | ime " Devonshire = regiment . captured cn able by this time to relleve Major | three Boer flags. Commandant de t Glencoe, thus enabling him to deal | Meellion of Johannesburg was taken Jou s column as General | prisoner. It Is reported that Piet Jou- il French have already | hert, who was wounded and captured, TS i has succumbed to his wounds. A bugler still to be guarded a gainst a | bey of the Fifth Lancers, only 14 years | old, shot three Boers with his revolver. | | On 'returning after the fight he was car- | Zululand. The Britis | rled shoulder-high around the camp. | to a great extent, be still on | veryvhody testifies to the splendid as Sir George White has an | fighting and stubborn bravery of the | t front, threatened at many | Boers, Fut this tribute requires some qual- | bints, to protect. ification, as I have learned to-day that AR @ FIFTY-THREE BOERS SLAIN AT MAFEKING | CAPE TOWN, Oct. 22.—A message recelved from Colonel Baden-Powell, in command of Mafeking, dated October 15, says that fifty-three boers were killed and a large number wounded in the encounter with his force. It is believed that the explosion of dynamite at Mafeking, so cleverly ar- ranged by Colonel Baden-Powell, resulted in a very large loss to the Boers, =0 that it Is quite probable that General Cronje will not resume the attack and will perhaps retire altogether. LONDQ@N, Oct. 22.—The Daily Telegraph publishes the following ais- patch from its special correspondent: KIMBERLEY (via Hopetown), Oct. 23.—The Kimberley Advertiser pub- lishes full details of the fighting at Mafeking on Saturday last, supplied by {its correspondent who rode 200 miles to telegraph it and who narrowly escaped capture by the Boers. In the course of the story he says the fight ing was extremely hot. Captain Fitzclarence made an attack on the Boers while they were retreating from the armored train. The Boers, In spite of some slight cover afforded by stunted trees, suffered severely. Later the Boers were reinforced and reopened fire, Captain Fitzclarence was now in difficulties and the troop of Lord Charles Cavendish-Bentinck’s squadron under Lieutenant Brady, with a seven-pounder gun, escorted by Troop C of the squadron under Captain Sandford, came up in reserve. The gunners got a hot reception, but with- out loss shifted their position and began shelling the Boers in the bush. Titzclarence meantime handled his men grandly. Their volley fire was most effective, the Boers gradually drawing off. The greatest gallantry was displayed by Surgeon Anderson, who dressed the wounds of the injured under a hail of bullets. With the greatest dif- ficulty he prevented the wounded rejoining the firlng line. Want of cav- alry prevented Colonel Baden-Powell following the retreating Boers, Free State troops or from herefore, B S BN e SuE S TR BN B R S 3 ) ) ¢ % i | there is a large_ representationof Johan- | | 1eers. the departure of the guards yesterds Enormous crowds gathered at the qu to witness the embarkation. LOURENZO MARQUES, Oct. 21 (do- | layed in transmission).—The town 1s fairly overrun with refugees, among whom are transports that were due to safl last even- ing and this evening from Woolwich and a thousand persons reieased from Trans- | vaal jails. Thousands of natives, men Tillbury were detained in consequence of and women, are huddled together, and | the heavy fog that has enveloped the London district for forty-elght hours, se riously impeding the embarkation of troops. It is expected that they will leave to-morrow. The departure of the last battalions of the Coldstream Guards from Waterloo Statlon to-day was witnessed by great crowds, althcugh the fog was so dense that from the sidewalks the troops could scarcely be seen, Although the fund opened by the Lord nesburg roughs, Malays and Indians, who, speaking different languages, create a perfect pandemonium. A transpor: has been ordered to take the British destitute away immediately. The guard at Dalmanutha, on the east- | ern line, stopped a number of Kaflirs t I who were trying to proceed to Pretoria. | A‘,‘fl-‘lmj-fb“‘ J"}m Mnflre\i for the Trans- The Kaffirs endeavored to force a passage, .‘.h}“l ):" ugees las already reac )Pfi £135,- and one of them was shot. . his Royal Highness the Prince of True Gallantry. Ghirardelli’s Cocoa is the queen of refreshments. At grocers—*-1Ib 25¢; I-Ib soc. Wales and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, chairman of the Patriotic | Relief Fund, have addressed petitions to the Lord Mayor to open a new fund for the widows and orphans of heroes of the war. This will be opened to-morrow. e O MAY DEMAND THAT | ENGLAND ARBITRATE NEW YORK, Oct. 22.—A Journal special Eom A NEWS OF VICTORIES GRATIFIES LONDONERS LONDON, Oct. 22.—Despite the fog the London newsboys found to-day ready sale for their extras announcing the continued victorles in South Africa. The losses in killed and wounded were the subject of pulpit references in all the churches, es- : pecially the Catholic churches, owing to | from Washington says: A hostile dem- the disasters that befell the Irish Fusi- | OnStratlon against Great Britain in the | aiplomatic field Is expected soon. State Department officials read with Interest to-day’s news from the various European centers Indicating the restiveness of Ger- many and France and the probability that mediation by Germany will be asked by President Kruger after a few fights in South Africa. It is believed here that in such an event Germany will have not only the moral support of France, Russia, Italy, Belgium and Holland, but the ma. terial ald of those nations in the pre- | sentation of a demand for the cessation of hostilities and the adjustment of the South_ African difficulty by arbitration, | The United States, it ‘may be authori. | tatively stated, will not participate in any such move. State Department officials believe this is the beginning of a general European crisis, that mediation by Ruropean countries s not disinterested and that a friendly offer of mediation by the other powers contemplates, if not forcible inter- vention, at least a threat of forcible inter- i The vicinity of the War Office was | crowded all day by anxious inquirers for the latest information. The greatest anx- iety and suspense existed regarding the losses at Elands Laagte, and as to the fate of the Hussars, who pursued the Boers from Glencoe. Among the callers at e War Office were the Lord Chilef Justice of Ireland, Sir Peter O'Brien, who called to inquire for particulars as to the Irish troops; Baron MacNaughton, Lord Stanley, Lord George Hamilton, Secre- v of State for India; Mrs. Hammer- ose husband was wounded at Joseph Chamberlain and Arthur J. Balfour, Lady Randolph Churchill and other well-known soclety women. 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